James 1:3:4Jas.1.3.W4TAB
δοκίμιον
dokimion
“testing”
- Transliteration
- do-KI-mi-on
- Extended
- doh-KIH-mi-on
- IPA
- /doˈki.mi.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- testing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
do-KI-mi-on
- sentence
gi-NO-skon-tes HO-ti to do-KI-mi-on hy-MON tês PI-ste-ôs ka-ter-GA-dze-tai hy-po-mo-NÊN
Exegesis
Within this clause, the articular phrase to dokimion hymon tes pisteos {τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως | tó dokímion hymôn tês písteōs} serves as subject, with dual genitives indicating possession and the specific object tested.
Root and etymology
dokimazodelta–omicron–kappa–iota–mu–alpha–zeta–omega
“to test, prove genuine”
In context — James 1:3
You know that the testing of your faith brings about endurance .
About this coordinate
James 1:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of James 1:3, so the Greek word δοκίμιον (dokimion) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jas.1.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.1.3.W4.S1) and character.